Staff

Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will estimate his Department's total staffing requirement in full-time equivalent posts for fulfilling its minimum statutory obligations.

Gregory Barker: The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is responsible for a wide range of statutory functions and obligations relating to energy and climate change issues. Full details on the Department's responsibilities and their implementation are available in the Department's published business plan:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/47961/decc-business-plan-2011-2015.pdf
	The level of staffing required to ensure delivery of these objectives varies over time depending on the needs of the business.
	DECC carries out a rigorous business planning approach to ensure that we allocate staff and skills to match the requirements of the business.
	Our current staffing levels are set out in our workforce planning information which can be found at:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-november-2012--2

Thorium

Andrea Leadsom: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what consideration he has given to the use of thorium as a way of meeting future energy need.

John Hayes: DECC maintains an interest in the global potential of thorium.
	The Department commissioned the National Nuclear Laboratory to undertake an early stage assessment to compare thorium and uranium fuel cycles across a variety of reactor types. This was completed in 2012 and is available at:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thorium-and-uranium-fuel-cycles-comparison-by-the-national-nuclear-laboratory
	For the longer term, the Department has commissioned a wider analysis of nuclear fuel cycle scenarios which are open to the UK, among which is a reactor design fuelled by molten thorium salts.

Shaker Aamer

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to his US counterpart on the condition of Shaker Aamer in Guantánamo Bay; and when he now expects Mr Aamer to be released.

Alistair Burt: The British Government remains committed to engagement with the US with the aim of securing Mr Aamer's release and return to the UK as soon as possible. Ministers and senior officials continue to raise Mr Aamer's case with their US counterparts.
	Previous legislation passed by the US Congress, namely the 2011 National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA), all but precluded transfers out of Guantanamo Bay. This legislation was renewed by the US Government for 2012, allowing for the US Secretary of Defense to exercise a waiver should stringent conditions be met. Despite the British Government's best endeavours Mr Aamer was not released in 2012.
	The NDAA has now been renewed for 2013. We continue to work with US counterparts to consider the implications of the NDAA 2013 for Mr Aamer's case. Ultimately, any decision regarding Mr Aamer's release remains in the hands of the United States Government.

Written Questions

Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General how many staff in the Law Officers' Departments work on answering parliamentary questions.

Oliver Heald: The Attorney-General's Office employs one Parliamentary Clerk who coordinates the answering of parliamentary questions across the Law Officers' Departments.
	Officials from across the Law Officers' Departments work on answering parliamentary questions depending on the subject matter and it is not possible to estimate exactly how many members of staff may be involved.

Regulation

Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many and which regulations his Department repealed between 1 June 2012 and 31 January 2013; and what estimate he has made of the savings that will accrue to those affected by each such regulation as a result of its repeal.

Stephen Hammond: 21 statutory instruments were revoked between 1 June 2012 and 31 January 2013. These are listed in the following table.
	Where an impact assessment has been prepared for the instrument that contained the revocation, the best estimate of the total benefit to those affected and the best estimate of the total net present value are given.
	These sums relate to the values associated with the introduction of the instrument containing the revocations. It is not possible, except at disproportionate cost, to provide savings attributable solely to the revocations, in particular because of the further analysis that would be required.
	Where no benefit figure is given, this is because no impact assessment was produced for the instrument containing the revocation. Impact assessments are not usually produced where no significant impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. In the case of the Severn Bridges Tolls Order, it has not been the practice of the Department to produce impact assessments for orders of this type that change toll levels.
	
		
			 Statutory Instrument containing the revocation SI Number Made on Statutory Instrument (s) revoked/Act(s) repealed Date of coming into force of revocation Best estimate of total benefit (present value) based on impact assessment (£million) Best estimate total net present value based on impact assessment (£ million) Impact assessment 
			 Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 2012 No. 1404 28/05/2012 Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 1999/1521 25/06/2012    
			 As above   Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 2) Regulation 1999 1999/1959     
			 As above   Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 2004/1706     
			 As above   Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 2005/1641     
			 As above   Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 2006/1756     
			 As above   Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 2007/1817     
			 As above   Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 2008/1702     
			 As above   Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 2009/1806     
			 Community Drivers’ Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2012 2012 No. 1502 11/06/2012 Drivers’ Hours (Goods Vehicles) (Milk Collection) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2007 2007/2370 16/07/2012 10.21 10.22 IA 
			 Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2012 2012 No. 1743 04/07/2012 Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2005 2005/881 31/07/2012 2.39 -3.69 IA 
			 Poole Harbour Revision Order 2012 2012 No. 1777 05/07/2012 Poole Harbour Act 1756 23/07/2012    
		
	
	
		
			 As above   Poole Harbour Acts 1895     
			 As above   Poole Harbour Acts 1925     
			 M25 Motorway (Junctions 7 to 16) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2012 2012 No. 2134 15/08/2012 M25 Motorway (Junctions 10 to 16) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2001 2001/3763. 17/09/2012 110.5 71.6 IA 
			 Rehabilitation Courses (Relevant Drink Offences) Regulations 2012 2012 No. 2939 22/11/2012 Road Traffic (Courses for Drink-Drive Offenders) Regulations 1992 1992/3013. 21/12/2012 0.13 0.12 IA 
			 Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 2012 No. 3054 05/12/2012 Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011 2011/1454. 01/01/2013    
			 Severn Bridges Tolls Order 2012 2012 No. 3136 18/12/2012 Severn Bridges Tolls Order 2011 2011/3060 01/01/2013    
			 Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order 2013 2013 No. 22 10/01/2013 Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 1984 1984/672 19/01/2013    
			 As above   Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 1985 1985/65     
			 As above   Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (No. 2) Order 1985 1985/1461     
			 As above   Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order 2002 2002/1593

Roads

Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport by what process can a non-core trunk road be reclassified as part of the core network of nationally important routes.

Stephen Hammond: The strategic national corridors were established in 2009 to define the transport links over which the largest proportion of strategic traffic—that is traffic travelling between the 10 largest urban areas, 10 busiest ports and seven busiest airports in England—moves around the country. The strategic national corridors are therefore defined by the places they connect and the size of traffic flows using them rather than by road classification. A road could become part of the strategic national corridor if the total or HGV traffic flows grew to be within the top 20% for GB trunk roads in England, or if the Department for Transport were to change the criteria used to define the SNCs. The Government has no current plans to review the criteria for the strategic national corridors.

Social Security Benefits

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to his Department's impact assessment on the Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill, what the expected savings to the Exchequer are for each individual benefit in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2016-17 and (d) 2017-18.

Steve Webb: holding answer 31 January 2013
	The expected Exchequer savings from individual benefits in the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill are presented in the following table:
	
		
			 £ million 
			  2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 
			 Tax Credits 540 990 990 
			 Employment and Support Allowance 140 250 250 
			 Income Support 40 80 80 
			 Jobseeker's Allowance 90 160 160 
			 Housing Benefit 20 30 . 50 
		
	
	
		
			 UC additional savings 20 100 150 
			 Child Benefit 170 280 310 
			 Other 30 50 50 
			 Notes: 1. A detailed breakdown is not available for 2017-18. 2. During this period the benefit and tax credit system is undergoing significant reform with the introduction of universal credit which will see a number of individual benefits amalgamated into a single payment. 3. The savings are presented in a consistent fashion with the autumn statement forecasts. 4. Rounded to nearest £10 million and numbers may not sum due to rounding.

Work Programme

Julie Elliott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2013, Official Report, column 658W, on work programme, if he will begin to record the number of people achieving job outcomes on zero-hour contracts.

Mark Hoban: The Department does not intend to record the number of people achieving job outcomes on zero-hour contracts.

Work Programme

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of payment by results in the Work Programme.

Mark Hoban: It is too soon to judge the effectiveness of payment by results in the Work programme—we have just over one year's data for a programme that is designed to support people for two years or more. However, we know that the Work programme is helping people off benefit and into employment, and that job entries are increasing.
	ERSA, the trade body for the welfare to work industry, has published evidence suggesting that the Work programme is achieving the lowest cost-per-job versus any comparable programme in the last 20 years. They show relative cost per job of the Work programme is £2,097 compared to a £7,495 cost-per-job for flexible new deal.

Departmental Responsibilities

Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her Department's core statutory obligations are; and what estimate she has of the annual cost of delivering each such obligation.

Hugh Robertson: The statutory obligations of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, my right hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Maria Miller), are set out in a wide range of legislation. However, the costs of carrying out these obligations are not recorded separately from the costs of wider policy making and delivery across the full range of the Department's responsibilities for Culture, Media, Sport and Equalities.

Parliament: Security

James Duddridge: To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, 
	(1)  pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2013, Official Report, columns 124-25W, on all party groups, if he will list the (a) names, (b) employers and (c) sponsors of the 81 parliamentary pass holders registered as providing secretariat support to an All-Party Parliamentary Group;
	(2)  what representations he has received on the issuing of parliamentary passes to individuals providing secretariat support to All Party Parliamentary Groups;
	(3)  how many applications have been received for parliamentary passes for the purpose of providing secretariat support for an All Party Parliamentary Group since 2005; and how many such applications were rejected.

John Thurso: The latest published Register of All-Party Groups, dated 1 February 2013, is at:
	http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/contents.htm
	It contains in Part 3 a list of those who held APG security passes, together with any external employment for which these passholders received £329 or more in a calendar year, but it does not name any employer they might have within Parliament. Security passes for these staff are sponsored by the chair of the relevant Group at the time when the pass was issued. A full list of Groups and their chairs is in the current Register. I have also arranged for an updated list of APG passholders to be placed in the Library.
	The issuing of passes to APGs was most recently examined in the Speakers' Working Group on All-Party groups: Report to the Speaker and Lord Speaker, published on 11 June 2012:
	http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2012/june/speakers-publish-working-group-report-on-all-party-groups/
	see Section 5: Passes and Security.
	A paper on the 2009 Review of Passes was presented to the Administration Committee by the Serjeant at Arms in February 2009. We have had no representations on applications.
	111 applications have been received for parliamentary passes for the purpose of providing secretariat support for an All-Party Group since 2009 (the year such passes were introduced). One application was rejected as the APG in question had been dissolved.

River Severn: Tidal Power

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the potential benefits to Wales of the Severn tidal barrage and accompanying transport links.

David Jones: The Severn Tidal Power Feasibility Study, published in 2010, assessed the potential benefits to Wales of the Severn tidal barrage and accompanying transport links and concluded that there is currently no strategic case for public investment in a Severn tidal scheme.
	The Government welcomes well-developed proposals for all types of tidal generation projects (barrages, lagoons etc) in the bays and estuaries around our coasts; however, the case for any potential investment must be balanced against an assessment of wider impacts, particularly environmental and social impacts as well as the value for money of such projects to the consumers.

Energy: Industry

Cathy Jamieson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to protect the long-term competitiveness of the UK's energy-intensive industries beyond 2015.

Sajid Javid: The Government has developed an industrial strategy, which will include publishing sector strategies which will set out long-term actions for Government and industry, tackling barriers to growth in key sectors such as automotive, aerospace, nuclear, oil and gas and offshore wind. The Plan for Growth set out the Government's economic policy objective:
	‘to achieve strong and sustainable growth [...] evenly balanced across the country and between industries.’
	Further, to maintain the competitiveness of the UK as a place to do business, the Government recently announced its intention to exempt Energy Intensive Industries from the cost of Contracts for Difference under Electricity Market Reform, subject to state aid clearance and further consultation.

Excise Duties: Beer

Cathy Jamieson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to bring forward proposals to provide a long-term solution to the problem of beer duty fraud.

Sajid Javid: The Government expects to publish a summary of responses to its consultation on new alcohol anti-fraud legislation, as well outlining the likely timing of any new measures to be introduced, during the spring.

Excise Duties: Tobacco

Cathy Jamieson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to bring forward proposals to provide a long-term solution to the issue of lost excise duty on tobacco in the UK, which takes account of international obligations including the Illicit Trade Protocol of the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

Sajid Javid: The Government is fully committed to tackling the illicit trade in tobacco and ensuring that smuggling does not undermine the health and revenue benefits of real increases in tobacco duties.
	HM Revenue and Customs and Border Force have an established and effective strategy to tackle illicit trade which has substantially reduced both the cigarette and hand-rolling tobacco illicit markets since the launch of the first Tobacco Strategy in 2000, with the mid-point estimate of the tax gap for cigarettes reducing from 21% to 9% and for hand-rolled tobacco from 61% to 38% by 2010-11.
	Through the 2010 spending review, HMRC has invested a further £25 million to further strengthen the strategy and maintain downward pressure on the illicit market.
	The Government is pleased that agreement on the framework convention on tobacco control protocol on illicit trade has been reached. The Government is now working towards ratification of the protocol in support of the work to tackle the illicit tobacco trade.

Departmental Responsibilities

Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's core statutory obligations are; and what estimate he has made of the annual cost of delivering each such obligation.

Daniel Poulter: The Department is responsible for exercising those statutory obligations of the Secretary of State which are entrusted to the Secretary of State for Health—in particular, obligations in relation to health, including the national health service, and social care. Those obligations are a matter of public record. As a Government Department and public authority, the Department has other statutory obligations, which are again matters of public record.
	Details of the Department's expenditure are laid before Parliament each year in the annual report and accounts. All such expenditure is carried out in pursuit of the Department's statutory functions. The most recent version is available at:
	https://www.wp.dh.gov.uk/publications/files/2012/10/23735_HC-66-DoH.pdf
	The Department also publishes an annual business plan, which sets out the programme of work that is planned to support the Government's objectives, and is available at:
	http://transparency.dh.gov.uk/2012/05/31/department-of-health-business-plan/

Travel

Gareth Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on (a) the Government Car Service and (b) other taxi or car services for ministerial travel in each year since 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.

Daniel Poulter: Information on Departmental spend on Government Cars is published in the annual written ministerial statement, which has already been placed in the Library.
	2009-10
	www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372
	2010-11
	www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201212/cmhansrd/cm120116/wmstext/120116m0001.htm#12011611000194
	2011-12
	www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121220/wmstext/121220m0001.htm#12122056000216
	Details of the costs for 2012-13 will be published later this year.
	Information on taxi and car service spend other than the Government Car Service could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions his Department has had with the Whittington Hospital on (a) its future status and (b) the financial requirements necessary for it to achieve trust status.

Anna Soubry: The Department has had no discussions with Whittington Health NHS Trust about its future. The trust is currently developing its application to become a foundation trust. Approval of the trust's application is the responsibility of the NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA) prior to being passed to Monitor for its consideration. Both the TDA and Monitor require assurance against a wide range of criteria, including the financial viability of the trust, before it achieves foundation trust status.

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what disposal of (a) land and (b) buildings held by (i) freehold and (ii) leasehold has taken place at the Whittington Hospital sites in each of the last 10 years.

Daniel Poulter: The information requested is not centrally held. This is a matter for the local NHS. The hon. Member may wish to contact the Whittington Health NHS Trust for further information.

Unemployment

John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent assessment he has made of the effect of long-term unemployment in Scotland.

Michael Moore: Against a difficult economic backdrop, the Government is doing what it can to reduce unemployment by laying the foundations for a stronger, more balanced economy. In Scotland, 71,000 jobs have been created since September 2010.

Departmental Responsibilities

Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what his Department's core statutory obligations are; and what estimate he has made of the annual cost of delivering each such obligation.

David Mundell: Information about the Scotland Office's core statutory obligations and the annual cost of delivering them is given in the Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General's Annual Report for 2011-12, published at:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-2011-12-for-the-scotland-office-and-the-office-of-the-advocate-general

Consumers: Protection

Simon Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to publish a response to his Department's consultation on enhancing consumer confidence by clarifying consumer law.

Jo Swinson: The Government will publish its response in spring 2013.

Departmental Responsibilities

Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his Department's core statutory obligations are; and what estimate he has of the annual cost of delivering each such obligation.

Jo Swinson: The Department is responsible for a wide range of functions and statutory obligations that support the Government's overall objective of stimulating and supporting economic growth. Full details on the Department's responsibilities and their implementation are set out in the Department's published business plan, available at:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-2012-2015-department-for-business-innovation-and-skills
	Further detail of BIS' responsibilities and the expenditure on delivering them can be found within the annual report and accounts, this is available at:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-business-innovation-and-skills-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-12-hc-60

Coroners: Tees Valley

Tom Blenkinsop: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when the Office for Judicial Complaints will conclude its investigation of Mr Michael Sheffield, Her Majesty's Coroner for Teesside.

Helen Grant: The Office for Judicial Complaints is considering the complaints made against Her Majesty's coroner for Teesside and will report to me and the Lord Chief Justice once it has completed the prescribed procedures as required by the Judicial Discipline (Prescribed Procedures) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
	As the regulations provide for a number of possible outcomes, including the opportunity for the judicial office holder to request a review of any decision the Lord Chief Justice and I may make, it is not possible to confirm when the matter will be finally concluded.

Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985

David Hanson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prosecutions have been brought in each year since the passing of the Intoxicating Substances Act 1985; and how many such prosecutions have been successful.

Jeremy Wright: The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and offenders found guilty at all courts for offences under the Intoxicating Substance Act 1985, in England and Wales, for the period 1985 to 2011 (the latest available), can be viewed in the following table.
	
		
			 Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences under the Intoxicating Substance Act 1985(1), England and Wales, 1985 to 2011(2,3) 
			  Proceeded against Found guilty 
			 1985 0 0 
			 1986 6 2 
			 1987 15 11 
			 1988 7 4 
			 1989 12 9 
			 1990 7 4 
			 1991 8 6 
			 1992 5 3 
			 1993 5 3 
			 1994 7 4 
			 1995 3 0 
			 1996 4 2 
			 1997 11 5 
			 1998 4 3 
			 1999 9 4 
			 2001 1 0 
			 2002 0 0 
			 2003 2 0 
			 2004 2 1 
			 2005 0 0 
			 2006 1 1 
			 2007 2 2 
			 2008(4) 0 0 
			 2009 0 0 
			 2010 5 0 
			 2011 0 0 
			 (1) Includes offences under S.1 of the Act, relating to "supply of intoxicating substances". (2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (4) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice

National Archives

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many files are held in the National Archives which are exempted from the 30 year rule; and how many of those files relate to (a) alleged membership of the Communist Party or associated organisations, (b) uses of espionage and (c) people who are still alive.

Jeremy Wright: The National Archives' catalogue lists over 11 million records. Of these 118,609 files more than 30 years old are currently closed to public access. Access to these records can be requested under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	Titles and descriptions for closed records appear on The National Archives' online catalogue at nationalarchives.gov.uk/Discovery. These are searchable by a variety of criteria including keywords. However, to determine how many closed files relate to (a), (b) and (c), the contents of each file would need to be examined in detail. This is because files may contain information about certain subjects or individuals that is not included in their catalogue title. Therefore it would incur a disproportionate cost to provide the answer to (a), (b) and (c).

Slavery

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will record which local authority areas victims of slavery were found in prior to their referral to the National Referral Mechanism.

Mark Harper: I have been asked to reply 
	on behalf of the Home Department.
	Data on the location of the local authority where victims of human trafficking have been found is not routinely recorded at present. As set out in the inter-departmental ministerial group report on human trafficking, published on 18 October 2012, the Government are focusing on improving its collection of data on human trafficking victims to strengthen the UK's response to this crime.

Asylum: Afghanistan

Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  what progress she has made under the European Returns Platform for Unaccompanied Minors on the establishment of (a) care centres and (b) reception centres for children in Afghanistan; where each detention centre is; who manages each such centre; whether an agreement has been signed to proceed with forced returns; and when any returns will begin;
	(2)  how many asylum-seeking children have been returned to reception centres in Kabul under the joint European Returns Platform for Unaccompanied Minors project to date.

Mark Harper: The Government is working with Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands in progressing the European Return Platform for Unaccompanied Minors (ERPUM) project, whose aim is to establish arrangements in Afghanistan that make it possible to safely return a limited number of unaccompanied children, who have been refused asylum, to their families or to other suitable care arrangements.
	The Government will ensure these care arrangements meet standards published by the UNHCR.
	No care centres or reception facilities have yet been established for children returning to Afghanistan and there is no intention to place them in detention centres. No children have yet been returned. Decisions as to whether it is appropriate to return unaccompanied children are always made on a case by case basis, taking into account the child's best interests.

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were committed by people suffering from post traumatic stress disorder in the last five years.

Jeremy Browne: The information requested is not available from the police recorded crime data collected by the Home Office.

Children in Care: Missing Persons

Michael Connarty: To ask the Secretary of State for Education 
	(1)  how many children placed in care ran away or went missing from local authority care in each of the last three years;
	(2)  how many child victims of human trafficking ran away or went missing from local authority care in each of the last three years.

Edward Timpson: Data on the number of children who go missing from their care placements for more than 24 hours is collected by the Department for Education and shown in the table. While these figures will include some children who may have been trafficked, it is not possible to disaggregate the number of trafficked or potentially trafficked children.
	There are however significant differences between the data collected by DFE and the police on children who go missing from care. We want better, consistent data, and more importantly, better practice to keep these young people safe. An expert group on data has been looking at this issue. We will begin piloting a new data collection in the next few months. This will, for the first time, collect information on all children who go missing from their placement, not just those missing for 24 hours, enabling better analysis and more effective practice to safeguard these young people.
	Local authorities have an overall statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. This includes preventing and mitigating the risk of them going missing from care. Local authorities work in close co-operation with the police and the UK Border Agency to support, and provide protection for, potentially trafficked children. Our forthcoming revised statutory guidance on children who go missing from home or care will include advice on how to safeguard trafficked children. We have also asked the Refugee Council and The Children's Society to carry out a review of the practical care arrangements for children in care who may have been trafficked.
	
		
			 Looked after children who were missing from their agreed placement, years ending 31 March 2010-12, Coverage: England 
			  Children looked after who went missing during the year (number) 
			 2010 820 
			 2011 950 
			 2012 1,510 
			 Source: SSDA903

Schools: Cricket

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to increase the uptake of cricket in schools.

Edward Timpson: The Government is keen to put competitive sport, including cricket, at the heart of school life and this is reflected in our new curriculum for PE. Schools will be expected to provide competitive sport for their pupils and are free to choose cricket—among other sports—to fulfil that requirement.
	In addition, the Government's Youth Sport Strategy, launched in January 2012, is providing £1 billion of funding over the five years 2012-13 to 2016-17 to help to ensure that young people are regularly playing sport, including cricket.
	The Government is currently designing a strategy to maintain the momentum of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and will make an announcement shortly.

Housing: Taxation

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  what representations he has received on the effect of the (a) affordable housing levy and (b) community interest levy on small family building businesses and single propriertor architects;
	(2)  how many representations he has received on the effect of the (a) affordable housing levy and (b) community interest levy on self-build.

Nicholas Boles: We receive and consider correspondence on many aspects of planning policy and that includes those dealing with the Community Infrastructure Levy and Section 106 agreements in relation to smaller developments.
	As outlined in my answer of 28 January 2013, Official Report, column 583W, the Community Infrastructure Levy was a measure introduced under the last Administration, although the Government continues to listen to issues raised by those charging and paying it and has already reformed how it operates.
	We have regular discussions with representatives of the property industry about the Levy and want to ensure that it operates in a way that is both fair to developers and beneficial to economic growth.
	We are currently reviewing what further steps can be taken to ensure that self-build and genuine small-scale development is not adversely affected by the introduction of the Levy.
	We are taking forward reforms in respect of Section 106 agreements, to help renegotiate economically unrealistic affordable housing requirements, and to deliver more housing and more affordable housing than would otherwise be the case.

Equality

Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities if she will assess the influence of tolerance towards minorities and overall levels of wellbeing in society.

Helen Grant: The Office for National Statistics is making progress in analysing wellbeing data while the cross-government Social Impacts Task Force is sharing wellbeing research and practice across Whitehall.
	It is not yet possible to analyse the influence of tolerance towards minorities on overall levels of wellbeing in society, but this is something that may be possible in the future as wellbeing is added to new policy surveys.